• In October, fifth graders began reading "Battle Books" -- a selection of 15 books of various genre and topic.  With their teammates, they created shields, discussed the books, and memorized the authors of all the titles.  Over several weeks they "battled" within their classes.  The winning teams from each homeroom then faced one another on May 29 for a final contest.  The scores were close and all the teams did extremely well, especially when cheered on by their classmates: